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one of the biggest to be affected will be the pentagon, an 11% budget cut every year. what that means, not only for government workers, but for defense contractors as well, lost jobs. more than 700,000 people forced to be furloughed one day a week. that's the equivalent of a 20% pay cut. but take a look at some of the other areas where you may see the sequester take effect. 750,000 jobs lost. overall, that's 902 million in reduced loans for small businesses that could have an effect nationwide. 1,000 fbi agents would go away. 600,000 people could lose wic, that's supplemental health for women and children. and more than 100,000 homeless people at risk of going back on the streets. not to mention tsa. we're hearing 9,000 tsa workers could get furloughed that could mean very long lines at the airports. mara. >> thanks. >>> tea party activists are blasting governor rick scott of florida for changing his mind on medicaid expansion. he said he will use president obama's health care act to provide medical coverage. scott opposed obama care as a, quote, job killer. scott now
one of the biggest to be affected will be the pentagon, an 11% budget cut every year. what that means, not only for government workers, but for defense contractors as well, lost jobs. more than 700,000 people forced to be furloughed one day a week. that's the equivalent of a 20% pay cut. but take a look at some of the other areas where you may see the sequester take effect. 750,000 jobs lost. overall, that's 902 million in reduced loans for small businesses that could have an effect nationwide....
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but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are winding down and the president has cited cybersecurity as a new priority? >> absolutely. that's chuck hagel's first line of business. that's the first thing he'll have to do when he wakes up in the morning deal with sequester. as the troops come back from afghanistan the pentagon budget was going to be decreased already. but sequester cuts are significant on top of that. >> michael: and do you expect hagel, and we all expect him to pare down the defense budget. how do you expect him to do it? here is a guy with a histor
but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the...
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if griffin at pentagon. thank you. u.s. factory production dropped in january after twoson months of gains. stocks finished the week flat. dow was up 8. s&p lost 1-1/2. the answer to the question what happened the night terrorist hit the u.s. facilefy in benghazi, libya, might be what day is it? almost every day brings another detail or revision or contradiction of what we heard earlier. tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what we know and what we don't. >> according to a leading republican who said he spoke with clapper, the top intelligence officer. >> i was told by clap they're the president was informed of the attack. >> as if the president wanted anything done, neither clapper office or the security council spokesman addressed the question. >> this is the most transparent administration in history. congress is running out of things to ask. >> the president tries to minimize benghazi in google chat. ref cent statement by his administration are not adding up. in the first
if griffin at pentagon. thank you. u.s. factory production dropped in january after twoson months of gains. stocks finished the week flat. dow was up 8. s&p lost 1-1/2. the answer to the question what happened the night terrorist hit the u.s. facilefy in benghazi, libya, might be what day is it? almost every day brings another detail or revision or contradiction of what we heard earlier. tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what we know and what we don't....
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today pentagon officials said the furloughs over among civilian defense employees will not kick in until late april, not in march. so the talk here about hubs of -- hundreds of thousands of jobs lost would happen over time but not immediately. the president yesterday talking about how people would lose child care, tens of thousands of parents searching for child care. that's not going to happen immediately. it would be over time. jay carney insists just the fear out there is hurting the economy and the point is not whether it's march 1 or march 10. >> what happens on march 1? , march 2? when you say -- the president said hundreds of thousands of jobs. there's not going fob hundreds of thousands the first week. >> no, but there will be job losses. >> quantify this, you're scaring the public that this is going to be happen. >> so the you don't see economic firms are scaring the public and the cbo. >> how do you back up that it's urgent and hundreds of thousands of -- >> i would love to rewind to the questions i get the day of the gdp figure came out for the fourth quarter. the questions we
today pentagon officials said the furloughs over among civilian defense employees will not kick in until late april, not in march. so the talk here about hubs of -- hundreds of thousands of jobs lost would happen over time but not immediately. the president yesterday talking about how people would lose child care, tens of thousands of parents searching for child care. that's not going to happen immediately. it would be over time. jay carney insists just the fear out there is hurting the economy...
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three quarters of the job losses, most of them from the pentagon. leon panetta says they are going after folks to furlong one day a month. look at this, the effects of 750,000 jobs, small business loans reduced by $902 million. we are talking 1,000 fbi agents gone. 600,000 people drop from wic, that's food for women and infants and children. more than 100,000 homeless, possibly back on the streets. and a number of other areas, education, national parks, that could be affected if congress can't come up with some solution within the next week. mara? >> tracie potts live in washington. thank you so much. >>> tea party activists are blasting governor rick scott of florida for changing his mind on medicaid expansion. governor scott now says he will support using president obama's affordable health care act to provide medical coverage for floridians. he opposed obama care as a, quote, job killer. scott now calls it common sense but florida lawmakers will make the final decision. >>> time now for the national weather forecast, and bill karins is here. >> w
three quarters of the job losses, most of them from the pentagon. leon panetta says they are going after folks to furlong one day a month. look at this, the effects of 750,000 jobs, small business loans reduced by $902 million. we are talking 1,000 fbi agents gone. 600,000 people drop from wic, that's food for women and infants and children. more than 100,000 homeless, possibly back on the streets. and a number of other areas, education, national parks, that could be affected if congress can't...
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pentagon spokesman told fox news it was the right decision to make. that it was all about saving mup. had nothing to do with political drama. bret? >> bret: ed, yesterday, we had gene sperling on with the national economic council of advisors. i asked about the warn act, notices sent out 60 days in advance. letter sent out in september saying that the office of management and budget would cover the legal costs if the government were sued, if the companies were sued rather that the employees didn't get the notices and they would pick up all the legal cost. gene didn't have an answer about that. did the omb get back to us today? >> we were asking budget officials today about some of the issues. today they put out some paper that basically said look, it's not even clear the way the warn act is written that the layoff notices, the furlough notices have to go out, because there are evidents made to shut off the sequester. so it's not clear that the sequester will go forward, though a lot of people think it will. it's not clear that the legal cost, for peop
pentagon spokesman told fox news it was the right decision to make. that it was all about saving mup. had nothing to do with political drama. bret? >> bret: ed, yesterday, we had gene sperling on with the national economic council of advisors. i asked about the warn act, notices sent out 60 days in advance. letter sent out in september saying that the office of management and budget would cover the legal costs if the government were sued, if the companies were sued rather that the...
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. >> reporter: the pentagon laying it out in stark terms. 800,000 civilian workers will face 1 day-a-week furloughs starting next week and the following 22 weeks. >> those affects would be felt in this area disproportionately because we have so many military bases and contractors. >> reporter: the professor, executive and resident at american university expects that if furloughs do happen, government contractors will continue to pay their mortgage, their car payments and other essential bills. as they learn to lyolyses, there will be a trickle-down -- learn to live on less, there will be a trickledown effect. >> it happens more and more. >> we don't know. >> we don't know. the uncertainty is making everyone nervous. >> air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. >> reporter: the cuts will hit maryland hard. a direct hit on the state's vibrant biotech industry. maryland senator barbara mikulski toured an nih lab wednesday learning what the $1.5 billion in cuts j
. >> reporter: the pentagon laying it out in stark terms. 800,000 civilian workers will face 1 day-a-week furloughs starting next week and the following 22 weeks. >> those affects would be felt in this area disproportionately because we have so many military bases and contractors. >> reporter: the professor, executive and resident at american university expects that if furloughs do happen, government contractors will continue to pay their mortgage, their car payments and other...
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marine covered saddam's head with an american flag the same american flag that was flying over the pentagon on nine eleven. but the flag was quickly removed and replaced with an iraqi flag before the statue was pulled down a group of iraqis are shown sharing in photos behind the toppling statue which the media used to show as proof that iraqis were happy to have been liberated however a wide angle shot later release shows a very small group of people cheering on obviously strategically planted considering how the rest of the square was vastly empty other than a few confused iraqi onlookers according to researchers from george washington university the images of the statue toppling aired on fox about every four minutes and c.n.n. played it on average every seven minutes but it wasn't only that these outlets constantly aired this imagery anchors like wolf blitzer and brit hume compared the event over and over again to the tearing down of the berlin wall and thus america's victory over communism yeah because that's a fair comparison. now another famous example is the case of private first clas
marine covered saddam's head with an american flag the same american flag that was flying over the pentagon on nine eleven. but the flag was quickly removed and replaced with an iraqi flag before the statue was pulled down a group of iraqis are shown sharing in photos behind the toppling statue which the media used to show as proof that iraqis were happy to have been liberated however a wide angle shot later release shows a very small group of people cheering on obviously strategically planted...
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. >> reporter: if you work at the pentagon, you could get one day off a week unpaid. leon panetta has warned congress, they're looking at these furloughs. if you don't work at the pentagon there are a number of other areas where you could be affected as well. take a look. the cbo said that we're looking at 750,000 job losses. small business loans down $902 million. the fbi could lose 1,000 federal agents. nutrition aid for women and children, over 500,000 could lose that. not to mention other programs that could go away like meals on wheels. >>> so, how will this midwest storm impact all of us? nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the details. >> yeah, not many people will want to be traveling in the central plains today. jay gray in kansas city, two hours, it's going to be snowing incredibly hard in kansas city. now, as far as the radar goes, the blue is the intense snow. the pic shows you ice. the green is just plain old rain there from oklahoma city southward. if you're in the wichita, kansas, area, go outside, you may see some flashes in the snow, you have t
. >> reporter: if you work at the pentagon, you could get one day off a week unpaid. leon panetta has warned congress, they're looking at these furloughs. if you don't work at the pentagon there are a number of other areas where you could be affected as well. take a look. the cbo said that we're looking at 750,000 job losses. small business loans down $902 million. the fbi could lose 1,000 federal agents. nutrition aid for women and children, over 500,000 could lose that. not to mention...
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marine covered saddam's head with an american flag the same american flag that was flying over the pentagon on nine eleven. but the flag was quickly removed and replaced with an iraqi flag before the statue was pulled down. a group of iraqis are shown sharing in photos behind the toppling statue which the media used to show as proof that iraqis were happy to have been liberated however a wide angle shot later release shows a very small group of people cheering on obviously strategically planted considering how the rest of the square was vastly empty other than a few confused iraqi onlookers according to researchers from george washington university the images of the statue toppling aired on fox about every four minutes and c.n.n. played it on average every seven minutes but it wasn't only that these outlets constantly aired this imagery anchors like wolf blitzer and brit hume compared the event over and over again to the tearing down of the berlin wall and thus america's victory over communism yeah because that's a fair comparison. now another famous example is the case of private first cla
marine covered saddam's head with an american flag the same american flag that was flying over the pentagon on nine eleven. but the flag was quickly removed and replaced with an iraqi flag before the statue was pulled down. a group of iraqis are shown sharing in photos behind the toppling statue which the media used to show as proof that iraqis were happy to have been liberated however a wide angle shot later release shows a very small group of people cheering on obviously strategically planted...
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internal pentagon documents show the army would have to stop bringing in equipment for overall at its maintenance depots. much of it badly in need of repair after a decade of war. the navy would shut down four of its nine carrier airwaves. once shut down, it would take the air wicks nine to 12 months to regain their full fighting cape -blgt. and that's just for the rest of this fiscal year. if the budget crisis is not resolved, a new round of furloughs and cuts would begin with the start of the next fiscal year on october 1. >> pelley: david, thank you. like we said it's not just the defense budget. every federal agency is facing the knife and we asked chip reid to fill us in on that. >> reporter: the f.b.i. says the budget cuts would require all employees, including special agents, to be furloughed for up to 14 days. jan fedarcyk is the former head of the f.b.i.'s new york field office. what do you think the top managers at the f.b.i. are most worried about? >> i'm sure they are most worried about what does this mean within the national security arena. that's probably at the top of t
internal pentagon documents show the army would have to stop bringing in equipment for overall at its maintenance depots. much of it badly in need of repair after a decade of war. the navy would shut down four of its nine carrier airwaves. once shut down, it would take the air wicks nine to 12 months to regain their full fighting cape -blgt. and that's just for the rest of this fiscal year. if the budget crisis is not resolved, a new round of furloughs and cuts would begin with the start of the...
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. >>> all right, thanks so much bill, a major announcement is expected from the pentagon today. all of the details coming up next. >>> plus, could this be the $60 million man? [ school bell rings ] ♪ school's out [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna take a lot of notes. so make sure they've got a notebook for every subject. this week only, get one subject notebooks for a penny. staples has it. staples. that was easy. staples has it. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v
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. >>> the pentagon is also sounding an alarm about sequestration. it's telling congress that hundreds of thousands of federal employees could face furloughs if no deal is reached. here is more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the fight over $1.2 trillion in across the board spending cuts set to begin march 11 is it is raging on. today it's the pentagon's turn to warn congress. more than 7,000 employees would take a pay cut. yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding up a deal. the president said they could lose their jobs. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> reporter: president obama wants to reduce the cuts with new revenue. house speaker john boehner says the debate is closed. >> republicans are not comfortable with the cuts but they want to see spending cuts implemented. >> reporter: lawmakers on home at recess are feeling the pinch. >> the american people expect us to get serious about this and we're serious about deficit reduction. >> reporter: a new deficit reduction plan bier have got to
. >>> the pentagon is also sounding an alarm about sequestration. it's telling congress that hundreds of thousands of federal employees could face furloughs if no deal is reached. here is more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the fight over $1.2 trillion in across the board spending cuts set to begin march 11 is it is raging on. today it's the pentagon's turn to warn congress. more than 7,000 employees would take a pay cut. yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding...
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the warning was aimed at defense department workers at the pentagon and around the world. secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. in it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming across-the-board cuts. and, he said: >> on our civilians it will be catastrophic. >> woodruff: within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. civilians will experience a 20 percent decrease in their pay between late april and september. as a result, many families will be forced to make difficult decisions on where their financial obligations lie. >> reporter: the furloughs could start in late april and save roughly $5 billion. uniformed personnel at war would be exempt, but in a letter to congress, panetta wrote that the spending cuts will slow training and the procurement of weapons. the result, he said, will be a hollow force. the nation's top military leader had said as much last week at a senate hearing on the automatic cuts. chair of the jo
the warning was aimed at defense department workers at the pentagon and around the world. secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. in it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming across-the-board cuts. and, he said: >> on our civilians it will be catastrophic. >> woodruff: within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. civilians...
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obama had already overturned the pentagon's don't ask, don't tell policy allowing gaye people to serve openly in the military. while his administration also refused to defend the defense of marriage act, the federal law defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. now he'd taken the biggest step. >> the president has said, loud and clear, that we are as equal as any family in this country, and it's really historic and momentous, and it makes me feel proud. >> hello! oh, it is good to be here. >> americans became used to something extraordinary, an african-american president in the white house. >> the woman who took care of me when i was a small boy was this african-american woman named jessie berry. i think about her a lot, because she couldn't have imagined that 5-year-old would be working 20 feet from the oval office, but imagine what she would think that the president i work for is an african-american man named barack obama. >> we had ruby bridges visit the white house not long ago, because we had the norman rockwell painting of her integrating her school in louisiana.
obama had already overturned the pentagon's don't ask, don't tell policy allowing gaye people to serve openly in the military. while his administration also refused to defend the defense of marriage act, the federal law defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. now he'd taken the biggest step. >> the president has said, loud and clear, that we are as equal as any family in this country, and it's really historic and momentous, and it makes me feel proud. >> hello! oh,...
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also the sequestering, the spending cuts really having a serious effect on social programs and the pentagon. at this point there is no hint of bipartisan compromise and i think the odds is better than 50/50 the sequester will go through. >> the most important question, who is going to be on the show this weekend? >> we'll have lindsey graham leading the charge to get information about benghazi and then we'll talk to senator rand paul. he gave the tea party response to the republican response to the president's speech. he's critical of both the obama agenda and also the republican agenda. we'll talk to him about that. >> going to be an interesting show this weekend. thanks so much. we'll see you here on fox news sunday here on fox 5. >>> coming up next the contest for a good cause, the clef competition that has local students -- clever competition that has local students helping people with disabilities. >>> the maryland students are using simple items like index cards, pvc pipes to make dramatic changes in the lives of others. the group made it to the finals of a national competition
also the sequestering, the spending cuts really having a serious effect on social programs and the pentagon. at this point there is no hint of bipartisan compromise and i think the odds is better than 50/50 the sequester will go through. >> the most important question, who is going to be on the show this weekend? >> we'll have lindsey graham leading the charge to get information about benghazi and then we'll talk to senator rand paul. he gave the tea party response to the republican...
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a former car dealer whose road district stands to be hurt by the pentagon furloughs. the first republican to travel on air force one since may. virginia's republican devastating cuts telling the president and congress it's time to fix it now. mcdonnell will join us later this house. >>> the white house admitted monday no talks or phone calls scheduled this week between the president and congressional leaders. instead yesterday for the second thyme in a row the white house press briefing featured a cabinet secretary issuing dire sequester warnings. >> i don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester. if you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents, you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents. >> also almost gleefully confirmed that therer with no meetings that were going to happen. mcconnell's spokesman said, no, there is no active negotiation from the white house. that would get in the way of the president's campaigning. there is fingerpointing, a ton of it. >> the only republicans in the entire c
a former car dealer whose road district stands to be hurt by the pentagon furloughs. the first republican to travel on air force one since may. virginia's republican devastating cuts telling the president and congress it's time to fix it now. mcdonnell will join us later this house. >>> the white house admitted monday no talks or phone calls scheduled this week between the president and congressional leaders. instead yesterday for the second thyme in a row the white house press...
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that's justed pentagon. -- just the pentagon. i was actually studying the data of these letters coming in from across the country. what apparently seems to be happening my guess is people here are writing letters and sending a link to their family members in other parts of the country. that's a good way to get the message out as well. >> exactly. >> thanks, jess. >> let us know what you think. >>> the 495 express lanes are supposed to move traffic better in virginia, right? are you using them? monika will have the results of a new survey when we come back. >> plus, how wrpd has the latest -- howard has the latest on this blustery 23 years on the job, been exposed to a lot of human nature. there's a time and a place for flexing your muscles and pumping your chest; this ain't it. >>> welcome back. 6:45. it's going to abnice looking day. just a cold, windy day as temperatures only get to the mid-30s by noon. upper 30s. the lucky ones will get to 40 but still not going to feel like it with gusts 30 miles an hour at times. going to fe
that's justed pentagon. -- just the pentagon. i was actually studying the data of these letters coming in from across the country. what apparently seems to be happening my guess is people here are writing letters and sending a link to their family members in other parts of the country. that's a good way to get the message out as well. >> exactly. >> thanks, jess. >> let us know what you think. >>> the 495 express lanes are supposed to move traffic better in virginia,...
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failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. >> joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. let's dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with nine days out on the quester. interesting with the piece out by john boehner, carney has tweeted out, speaker boehner is rewriting history in the op-ed for getting he said i got 98% of what i wanted when he and 173 house rs voted for the sequester. are you surprised by the game of chicken being played in washington, d.c., especially when it comes to the amount of cuts that are coming on march 1st? >> i
failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick...
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the pentagon does the overuse of drones. so, we can use them, say, in afghanistan. where there is a declared military action. but in pakistan or any place where it's used in a covert way, that's the cia. and most of those decisions are made in mr. brennan's basement office, under the oval office in the west wing and he's the one who's got to put together what has become known popularly as the list and i'll work with president obama and others on how they want to narrow those. a lot of debate. if you kill a terrorist and then he's replaced by his driver and the next drone goes in after him, is that a legitimate target? >> well, i think the other question that jane harman brought up earlier, should any of this stuff be done under the cia or done at the pong where, frankly, more accountable perhaps in place? >> well, chuck, the drone war is the least covert covert operation the u.s. has ever run. every drone strike done by the cia or just about everyone is reported in the newspapers or some journal -- >> can't hide them. they're not small things. >> the most covert one
the pentagon does the overuse of drones. so, we can use them, say, in afghanistan. where there is a declared military action. but in pakistan or any place where it's used in a covert way, that's the cia. and most of those decisions are made in mr. brennan's basement office, under the oval office in the west wing and he's the one who's got to put together what has become known popularly as the list and i'll work with president obama and others on how they want to narrow those. a lot of debate....
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i want to bring in on the fine or pentagon correspondent chris lawrence, who was in the courtroom as this dramatic scene unfolded. >> reporter: well, jake, unlike earlier in the courtroom when he had been relatively stoic, this time he was choked up, soft-spoken and basically issued an apology. first he said, your honor, i'm sorry. i understood what i was doing was wrong, but i didn't appreciate the broader effects of my actions. he now she is he should have worked more aggressively inside the system form he says i look back and wonder how on earth could i as a junior analyst hope to make some of the changes that i thought i could. he choked up, following pretty griffin testimony from his sister who described being 11 years old on the day that brad manning was born, their parents were alcoholics and growing up in that household. at one point the attorney asked her who took care of bradley as a baby, and the sister said i would. if he cried in the middle of the night, i would get up, make the bodle and rock him back to sleep. the attorney asked again, why did you have to do that? she
i want to bring in on the fine or pentagon correspondent chris lawrence, who was in the courtroom as this dramatic scene unfolded. >> reporter: well, jake, unlike earlier in the courtroom when he had been relatively stoic, this time he was choked up, soft-spoken and basically issued an apology. first he said, your honor, i'm sorry. i understood what i was doing was wrong, but i didn't appreciate the broader effects of my actions. he now she is he should have worked more aggressively...
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most of the pentagon 800,000 civilian workers will be furloughed one day a week. defense secretary panetta sent notice to workers that all affected employees would be notified at least 30 days ahead of any of those planned furloughs. he warned the ridge i had nate and scale of these cuts would result in what he called a serious erosion of readiness. meanwhile, in his first major address, secretary of state john kerry warmed that the looming cuts would -- >> my credibility as a diplomat working to help other countries, create order, is strongest when america at last puts its own fiscal house in order. that has to be now. >> he added it's hard to tell other countries' leaders they have to resolve their economic issues if america doesn't solve their own. >>> sequestration could cost the city millions. saying the city could take a 50 million hit, and he says the city stands to lose 60 million in federal funding if across the board cuts go into effect. >> we did some estimates of impacts on education, impacts in health, impacts in the homeland security areas. and that'
most of the pentagon 800,000 civilian workers will be furloughed one day a week. defense secretary panetta sent notice to workers that all affected employees would be notified at least 30 days ahead of any of those planned furloughs. he warned the ridge i had nate and scale of these cuts would result in what he called a serious erosion of readiness. meanwhile, in his first major address, secretary of state john kerry warmed that the looming cuts would -- >> my credibility as a diplomat...
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the guardian reports the pentagon's estimate be taking advantage of a brief pause in the hunger strike with the holy month of ramadan. a defense attorney says prisoners are likely taking in token amounts of food to honor the tradition of breaking the daily ramadan fast. at the hunger strike began in february in protest of the prisoners indefinite captivity and president obama's failure to deliver his promise to close guantÁnamo. i u.s. john strike in pakistan has reportedly killed two people. the victims were described as suspected militants, but their identities have not been confirmed area did -- confirmed. delivering her first speech since undergoing surgery to celebrate a global day in her was leftlala yousafzai sears the wooded when militants shot her in the head for campaigning for the rights of girls. birthday, her 16th she said she's undeterred to be silenced. on the ninth of october 2012, the taliban and shot me on the left side of my four head. they shot my friends, to. bullet wouldthe silence us, but they failed. silence camee thousands of voices. the terrorists thought it
the guardian reports the pentagon's estimate be taking advantage of a brief pause in the hunger strike with the holy month of ramadan. a defense attorney says prisoners are likely taking in token amounts of food to honor the tradition of breaking the daily ramadan fast. at the hunger strike began in february in protest of the prisoners indefinite captivity and president obama's failure to deliver his promise to close guantÁnamo. i u.s. john strike in pakistan has reportedly killed two people....
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for gender reassignment surgery, the pentagon made it clear that will not happen. in a statement, an army spokesperson wrote: the army does not provide hormone not replacement therapy and they are treated fairlily with: we asked taxpayers if they should foot the bill. >> i would probably say no. >> people told us given the fact he is convicted of leaking classified materials taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for any gender therapy for privatehera manning. >> my opinion is you forefet any rights to benefits from the taxpayer. >> manning is expected to serve his term at the military prison at fort leavenworth, kansas which does not offer hormone or gender reassignment surgery. >> the antiperspirant went on te tell us all inmates are considered soldiers and treated with access to mental health professionals including adi psychiatrist, psychologist andst social worker and behavioral science expert and manning's lawyer says a legal fight will be launched to get manning the therapy demanded in the letter. >> tom fitzgerald thank you.fi >>> wetz asked facebook fans whw they
for gender reassignment surgery, the pentagon made it clear that will not happen. in a statement, an army spokesperson wrote: the army does not provide hormone not replacement therapy and they are treated fairlily with: we asked taxpayers if they should foot the bill. >> i would probably say no. >> people told us given the fact he is convicted of leaking classified materials taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for any gender therapy for privatehera manning. >> my opinion is you...
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. >>> a land mark decision, the pentagon announced it will make benefits like healthcare and housing available to same-sex couples. they have been consulting with the department of justice following the ruling in june striking down portions of the defense of marriage act. the benefits are expected to be available starting next month. >> the pentagon is preparing to announce new rules that will reform the way they investigate and prosecute sexual assaults. independent reviews of investigations and immediate notification of leaders when allegations are reported. commanders will retain control over how the cases are handled. one victim says that is a mistake. >> if you can't get commanders to prosecute rape, why would we have confidence that they will protect the victim that comes forward? >> the defense department estimates there were 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact last year. >>> big changes for the postal service designed to raise revenue. they announced new features today, including day specific delivery. free tracking for priority and express mail. they are also unveiling a
. >>> a land mark decision, the pentagon announced it will make benefits like healthcare and housing available to same-sex couples. they have been consulting with the department of justice following the ruling in june striking down portions of the defense of marriage act. the benefits are expected to be available starting next month. >> the pentagon is preparing to announce new rules that will reform the way they investigate and prosecute sexual assaults. independent reviews of...
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there are close ties between the egyptian military and the american military and the pentagon. our best course of action is to be subtle and discrete and firm in that the army needs to be an institution of stability, rather than an institution of instigation. >> jamie: that mon? when secretary kerry calls this a pivot all moment, is that what you think he has in mind? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think it's money so much as personal relationships. they have been to the united states and attended our schools and universities. they understand western culture. they understand us. the best way to handle this is back-room diplomacy, working through the military to help the military be the force that stabilizes the regime before this whole thing falls apart. the last thichg we want is another syria with a country of almost 80 million people. >> jamie: interesting comparison. major general bob scale, thank you. great to see you. >> you too. >> eric: a new documentary is creating big wave this is weekend. and liz trotta got a sneak peek. here's the sunday commentary. >> last year,
there are close ties between the egyptian military and the american military and the pentagon. our best course of action is to be subtle and discrete and firm in that the army needs to be an institution of stability, rather than an institution of instigation. >> jamie: that mon? when secretary kerry calls this a pivot all moment, is that what you think he has in mind? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think it's money so much as personal relationships. they have been to the united...
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ten victims from the pentagon were treated by this team. >> you go through a lot of it on paper but when it happens it's different. >> reporter: the trauma surgeons told us they were ready to treat at least ten patients but they needed to be transported quickly. >> in trauma, there's a thing called the golden hour where the first hour after injury is a critical time to diagnose and begin treatment and resuscitation of injuries. so as time passes the golden hour is ticking away. >> medstar can make four major. >>> the first patient police officer scott williams arrived at 9:30 a.m. followed by two civilian women. one at 9:56. the other at 10:58 that morning, but after that, there was no one else. >> once they cross their doorway, we're ready. the problem is that unfortunately many of them didn't make it to cross our doorway. >> reporter: 12 lives were lost. a difficult fact for a team that was ready to save more lives. >> it's rewarding when patients get here and we save them but part of it too is that there's a lot of patients that get lost. >> reflecting on the fatalities that didn't ma
ten victims from the pentagon were treated by this team. >> you go through a lot of it on paper but when it happens it's different. >> reporter: the trauma surgeons told us they were ready to treat at least ten patients but they needed to be transported quickly. >> in trauma, there's a thing called the golden hour where the first hour after injury is a critical time to diagnose and begin treatment and resuscitation of injuries. so as time passes the golden hour is ticking...
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. >> the pentagon laying it out in stark terms. 800,000 civilian workers will face one day a week furloughs starting next week and for the following 22 weeks. >> those effects would be felt in this area, because we have so many military bases, contractors. >> the professor and personal finance at american university expects that if furloughs do happen, government contractors will continue to pay their mortgage, their car payments and other essential bills. but as they learned to live on less, there will be a trickle down effect on the local economy. >> it's what happens if it goes on and on, or happens over and over again. >> and we don't know. >> we don't know. it's the uncertainty that is really making everybody so nervous. >> air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks. which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be layed off. >> the cuts will hit maryland hard. a direct hit on the state's vibrant biotech industry. maryland senator toured an nih lab wednesday, learning what the $1.5 billion in cuts just for nih would
. >> the pentagon laying it out in stark terms. 800,000 civilian workers will face one day a week furloughs starting next week and for the following 22 weeks. >> those effects would be felt in this area, because we have so many military bases, contractors. >> the professor and personal finance at american university expects that if furloughs do happen, government contractors will continue to pay their mortgage, their car payments and other essential bills. but as they learned...
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the pentagon and other agencies laying out plans for broad cuts and why the military is investigating the former u.s. navy seal who shot and killed osama bin laden. bi bap >>> police in california are trying to figure out what led to the mysterious death of a canadian tourist. her body was wedged into a water tank and this is video of her in the elevator. investigators are new trying to determine if her death was an accident or foul play. >>> and a texas woman is arrested after she called 911 to report that shy needed cigarettes. last monday about 1:00 in the morning, this woman, the 48ier old linda, called emergency responders drunk saying that she needed smokes and when officers responded to her house empty-handed, me said -- she said she was joking. the police didn't find her prank funny at all and arrested her for using -- calling 9 lynch j. i cigarettes. >> hello? >> and i need cigarettes. >> what address are you at? >> and it was a joke. she was wanting them to bring her cigarettes and that is not a joking matter. it takes valuable resources away fro
the pentagon and other agencies laying out plans for broad cuts and why the military is investigating the former u.s. navy seal who shot and killed osama bin laden. bi bap >>> police in california are trying to figure out what led to the mysterious death of a canadian tourist. her body was wedged into a water tank and this is video of her in the elevator. investigators are new trying to determine if her death was an accident or foul play. >>> and a...
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joining us, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst kt mcfarlane and the former ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor john bolton. thank you both for being here. kt, let's begin with you. this is stunning. [laughter] the man is the son-in-law of usama bin laden, snuck into new york city, and the administration's stealthily preparing a civilian trial for a terrorist. >> it's crazy for three reasons. first of all, we are missing out on a lot of intelligence. the right to remain silent? this guy's been in iran for ten years. he can talk to us about the relationship between al-qaeda and iran. he can tell us what's going on in the iran. the second reason it's really crazy to do this is because what kind of security are we going to have in new york city? now, the justice department has said we'll be able to protect the terrorist. what about the rest of us? what about the lone wolf terrorist who's got to decide this is his moment to really have it his way, strap on some, a backpack or a suicide vest and head down to the subway system? the whole world is
joining us, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst kt mcfarlane and the former ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor john bolton. thank you both for being here. kt, let's begin with you. this is stunning. [laughter] the man is the son-in-law of usama bin laden, snuck into new york city, and the administration's stealthily preparing a civilian trial for a terrorist. >> it's crazy for three reasons. first of all, we are missing out on a lot of...
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then all you say is we're going to cut the pentagon. going to cut these mental health programs. going to cut education. there's no give on millionaires and billionaires. >> this comes back to a fundamental belief of mine which is this: who got us into this mess? politicians. who has to pay for it? the people who create jobs and people doing thing the right way. we blame them for everything. that's where i get frustrated in this process. the politicians created this and need to figure it out without blaming other people. let me say one other thing. on the defense cuts, let's take the sequestration defense cut, we're going from if sequestration happens, go from $5.7 trillion in spending for defense to $5.2 trillion in defense spending. so over a ten year period 5.7 to 5.2, are we kicking a can down the street? what are we doing? >> part of it is we're going to get savings from the end of two wars which is what drove this deficit problem. here's where i think we have to look seriously. we've got to figure out a way to do this without hurting people. and my sister works for the envi
then all you say is we're going to cut the pentagon. going to cut these mental health programs. going to cut education. there's no give on millionaires and billionaires. >> this comes back to a fundamental belief of mine which is this: who got us into this mess? politicians. who has to pay for it? the people who create jobs and people doing thing the right way. we blame them for everything. that's where i get frustrated in this process. the politicians created this and need to figure it...
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or here at the pentagon. as a matter of fact, i think today, they're just going to put out a piece of paper as opposed to have a full-fledged briefing. >> appreciate that, all right, mik, thanks very much. >>> the death toll rises and fighting spreads in egypt. also, some members of congress are trying to put together a new voting rights act in response to what they describe as new attempts to disenfranchise voters. congressman jim clyburn is going to join us. and could questions about the foundation her husband founded end up causing some headaches for hillary clinton? we're going to get into that today with our gaggle. the white house soup of the day, a little cooler outside, so how about some hot lentil? we'll be right back. the recent increase in cafeteria prices is not cool. when you vote for flo, we'll have discounts. ice-cream discounts. multi-cookie discounts. pizza loyalty discounts! [ kids chanting "flo!" ] i also have some great ideas on car insurance. [ silence ] finding you discounts since back i
or here at the pentagon. as a matter of fact, i think today, they're just going to put out a piece of paper as opposed to have a full-fledged briefing. >> appreciate that, all right, mik, thanks very much. >>> the death toll rises and fighting spreads in egypt. also, some members of congress are trying to put together a new voting rights act in response to what they describe as new attempts to disenfranchise voters. congressman jim clyburn is going to join us. and could questions...